Tebowing in Purgatory

If I know Tim Tebow, (and, actually, I don't) the 25-year-old NFL quarterback is searching for God's plan amid all the drama that has happened the last couple seasons. He was in heaven in Denver as a star so beloved that church attendance actually rose fourteen percent during his time there. And now he's experiencing the hell of the New York Jets, a team bathed in unnecessary spotlight where the quarterback situation has been dubbed "an absolute mess."

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He's been relegated to New York's third string, but that's just until he gets released, which we're expecting any day now. And as the fan enthusiasm for Tebowmania has died out, so too have the suitors. The Jaguars were thought to be the lone landing spot for Tebow, but they got cold feet. The Cardinals could do worse, and somehow will. Reality has set in: no NFL team has space for a gimmick quarterback with a bad release. Not even one touched by God.

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But there is a place well-suited for Tebow's game, where people still whisper of Doug Flutie, and where the fields are wide and the syrup flows like the other side of the Niagara. Yes, Canada. And he could do far worse. Unfortunately, he might not be welcomed there, either. The Montreal Alouettes, which own his rights, aren't sure he could play up north and will stick with twenty-year vet Anthony Calvillo, who is essentially Canada's version of Brett Favre.

So what's next for Tebow? He'll probably have to switch positions, and go from a quarterback who can run to a running back who can throw, kind of, and only if someone is wide open.